--Previous Message-- : January is almost upon us, and we have not : started our discussion of books for next : year. I have already proposed Lincoln in : the Bardo by George Saunders. I've also : been considering something by Saul Bellow. : I read Herzog when I was too young to : really relate or understand it. Otherwise, : I've never read one of our Nobel laureate : novelists. (Of course, I have also not read : Sinclair Lewis, Pearl Buck, or Toni : Morrison.) : : Anyway, what were you guys thinking of? Any : ideas yet? :